Curry-comb



A. C. GURRYGOMB.

No. 484,848. Patented 001;. 25, 1892.

lllllllilllllililil `I f7 1 @i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER C. DECKER, OE KEOKUK, IOVA.

CURRY-COIVIB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 484,848, dated October 25, 1892.

Application tiled May 5, 1892. Serial No. 431,935. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER C. DECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Keokuk, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curry-Combs, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to curry-combs; andit consists in a novel construction of the same, as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved comb; Fi g. 2, an enlarged horizontal sectional view on the line :c @c of Fig. 3,.and Fig. 3 a rear face view showing the handle spindle or shaft in section.

The comb comprises a body portion A and a handle B, which latter I prefer to attach to the body portion in such manner as to make a two-face or reversible comb. Certain features, however, of the present invention may be applied to combs having one active face or which are rendered non-reversible by having the handle incapable of turning relatively to the body portion. The body portion A comprises a series of D-shaped loops or bands C, located one within the other, as shown in Figs. l and 2. These loops or bands C each comprise a curved portion a and a straight portion b, which latter is formed by the overlapping ends of the loops or bands, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The ends of the bands are perforated and are adapted to receive bolts, rivets, or screws c, which pass through all of the straight portions of the loops or bands, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The loops or bands are properly spaced one from the other by blocks d, of wood, rubber, leather, or other suitable material, which blocks are perforated to receive the bolts or screws c. Between the bolts c c the straight portions of the loops or bands are perforated to receive the cylindrical stem or shank e of the handle B. This stem or shank e is provided near its junction with the handle proper with laterally-projecting Wings or ears f, which are designedto fit corresponding slots or openings g, formed in the straight portion of the outermost loop or band C, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. At the opposite end the stem or shank e projects beyond the inner face of the innermost loop or band, where it is encircled by a coiled spring h,

which bears at one end against the inner face of the said innermost band or loop and at the outer end against a pin 2' or a washer j, held upon the end of the shaft or stem by means of the pin. Any other retaining means may obviously be employed to hold the spring upon the rod or stem e.

From this description it will be seen that when itis desired to reverse the comb it is only necessary to take the handle in the right hand and the comb in the left hand, with the fingers of the left hand astride the shank or stem. Then by pulling back with the right, so as to withdraw the Wings f from` the slots g, the handle may be turned either to the right or left and be brought into either of the positions shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The loops or bands C will advisably be made of fine spring-steel, preferably of the same material as that of which clock-springs are made, and will be provided on its opposite edges with teeth of different form, so as to present different combing-faces.

It will be seen upon reference to Fig. 2 that I secure the greatest stiffness at the point where it is most needed-to wit, at the point where the straight portions b of the loops or bands overlap each other-thus overcoming a very serious defect which has heretofore existed in this class of combs.

By overlapping the ends of the loops or bands and passing the bolts therethrough I secure not onlya iirm joint or connection between the different bands, but I also avoid the necessity of riveting the separate band ends.

The spacing-blocks d may be omitted, if desired; but it will generally be found desirable to employ them.

Having thus described. my invention, what I claim isl. In a curry-comb, the combination, with a handle, of a body portion made up of a series of D-shaped loops or bands located one within another and fastenings c, uniting the bands at their straight sides.

2. In a curry-comb, the combination, with a handle, of a body portion comprising a series of D-shaped loops or bands located one within another and having overlapping ends and thebolts or fastenings c, passing through said overlapping ends, serving the twofold IOO tween the bolts c c, all substantially as shown Io and described. .a 4

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER C. DECKER.

' Witnesses:

L. HAGERMAN, C. J. ENGELHART. 

